Reports reaching us from Wall Street Journal
The American government is considering imposing financial sanction and visa ban to the former minister of petroleum Mr Alison Madueke and her associate in the oil and gas sector. In a report recently the US and UK government have agreed to support President buhari in the fight against corruption to recover the stolen billions of dollars embezzled during Good-luck Jonathan administration.
Buhari became the first Nigerian to unseat an incumbent president, elected on his vow to recover a vast fortune of money lost to corruption. Within weeks, he was at the white house seeking for help. When it comes to helping Africa’s top economy battle graft, this month has offered the first glimpse of how fast and far Buhari’s friends abroad can move.
Following a summer meeting in Washington between British and American investigators, London police on October 2 raided a luxurious home near Regent’s Park. There they briefly detained Alison-Madueke, oil minister from 2010 to 2015.
Hours later, her neighbors in Nigeria watched as scores of cops searched her house: “The former minister has questions to answer,” said Bitrus Babuje, a fellow resident of the leafy Abuja suburb called Asokoro. One of Africa’s most prominent politicians, Alison-Madueke and her associates are suspected of bribery, corruption and laundering money through British and US banks. She has previously denied those allegations and police haven’t charged her with anything.
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